Ever have one of those commutes?
By adamg - Wed, 07/23/2008 - 10:45pm.
Where a bus driver and a trolley conductor close the doors in your face and then a trolley jolts to a stop every two minutes and it takes you a total of two hours for a commute that normally takes 30 minutes? Punkyblond did.
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Random question
I was reading the responses to this, and I am ashamed that I honestly don't know what 'snark' means. I've seen the term used here in U-Hub and other blogs...anyone care to enlighten me?
Snark means
Think: wittily sarcastic, but on the internet. It's meant to be funny, often at the expense of the subject.
Portmanteau
from "snide remark".
I never knew that!
I've been reading and using the word for years without realizing its origin. Thanks!
I have my doubts as to this derivation of snark
Lewis Carroll coined this term for his epic poem. The "snide remark" definition almost surely amounts to long-after-the-fact faux etymology.
Kewl!
So a "snark tag" can mean either this:
[snark][/snark]
or evidence of a rabies-vaccinated or radio-collared snark?
Fictional character/Snide Remark
Fictional character/Snide Remark
From the wiktionary
standard livejournal commenting method
Snark is the insipid, cliched standard commenting method on livejournal. They think it's cute, cool, clever, you name it. Livejournal isn't so much about community, as a constant contest to be "clever", and half the time, a "clever bully".
Snark is the kind of thing that, said to a stranger in the wrong part of town, would get you punched in the face or shot. I dare say a lot of Livejournal users would benefit from having to meet the people they insult, face-to-face.
Then again, we'd generate long, long diatribes about ER visits for weeks to come...